§ Stephen HesfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many learning support units there are. [42890]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThere are approximately 1,090 learning support units in schools in England. We plan to increase this total further as independent evaluation of LSUs shows that they improve behaviour and cut exclusions. Phase 3 of Excellence in Cities and the Excellence Cluster programme should provide another 140 LSUs and up to 50 more outside the Excellence in Cities programme will be set up shortly.